Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ὑπέρτονος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπέρτονος ὑπέρτονον

Structure: ὑπερτον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. overstrained, strained to the utmost, at full pitch, exceeding loud

Examples

  • Φάβιοσ δὲ τῶν πρώτων ἐχόμενοσ λογισμῶν ἐκείνων ἤλπιζε μηδενὸσ μαχομένου μηδ’ ἐρεθίζοντοσ τὸν Ἀννίβαν αὐτὸν ἐπηρεάσειν ἑαυτῷ καὶ κατατριβήσεσθαι περὶ τὸν πόλεμον, ὥσπερ ἀθλητικοῦ σώματοσ τῆσ δυνάμεωσ ὑπερτόνου γενομένησ καὶ καταπόνου, ταχύτατα τὴν ἀκμὴν ἀποβαλόντα. (Plutarch, Fabius Maximus, chapter 19 3:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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